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Starting at age 35, each age group starts on the athlete's birthday in years that are evenly divisible by 5 and extends until the next such occurrence. For record purposes, older athletes are not included in younger age groups, except in the case of relay team members. A relay team's age group is determined by the age of the youngest member.
12.84 (+1.2 m/s) Tia Jones: 25 June 2016 United States Junior Championships Clovis, United States 15 years, 291 days [30] 400 m hurdles: 54.15 Sydney McLaughlin: 10 July 2016 United States Olympic Trials: Eugene, United States 16 years, 338 days [31] High jump: 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Vashti Cunningham: 1 August 2015 Edmonton, Canada 17 years, 195 days
Additionally, high-school competition is conducted under slightly different rules, which have evolved over time. For example, in 1980, high schools converted their running distances from Imperial (yards) to metric, but instead of running conventional international distances like 1500 metres in place of the mile run, a more equitable but non ...
Erik Sowinski 1:47.60 Patrick Casey 3:56.48 United States January 31, 2015 Armory Track Invitational New York City, United States [177] 9:18.81 Joe Waskom (2:51.34) Daniel Gaik (46.37) Nathan Green (1:46.57) Luke Houser (3:54.54) University of Washington: 16 February 2024 Arkansas Qualifier Fayetteville, United States [178] 4 × 1 mile relay [k ...
Note: The Road Mile became an official world record event after September 1, 2023, on World Athletics Certified Courses only (i.e: elevation gradient must not exceed one meter per kilometer, start and finish line must not be more than half a mile apart). The winning times from the 2023 U.S. Road Mile Championships, on 25 April, were ratified by ...
In road events, the course is not required to be a circuit, but the overall decrease in elevation between the start and finish shall not exceed 1:1000, i.e. 1 m/km. In road events, the start and finish points of a course, measured along a theoretical straight line between them, shall not be further apart than 50% of the race distance.
A Seattle mother is accused of beating her teenage son to death with an extension cord because he didn't finish his chores -- allegedly telling cops she "went too far" while spanking him.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) track and field system has been touted as one of the main reasons for the success of the United States on the global stage of athletics. [1] All of the collegiate records come from athletes competing in the NCAA, with the exception of the outdoor women's 1500 metres record (NAIA).